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Ministry of Rural Development
Change of Mode of Attendance of MGNREGA workers
To ensure more transparency in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme  in the States/UTs, a provision for capturing of attendance at worksite through National Mobile Monitoring System  App with geo-tagged time stamped photographs of the worker in a day has been started on 21st May 2021, wherein muster rolls are issued for 20 or more workers. This increases citizen oversight of the programme besides potentially enabling faster processing of payments.
Government of India has decided that from 16.05.2022, the workers attendance will be captured only through NMMS App for all the worksites where muster rolls are issued for 20 or more beneficiaries based on the feedback and suggestions from States/UTs. One year time, thus, has been provided as transition period.
Women mates are encouraged to take the responsibility of capturing the attendance of the workers through the NMMS App. The Ministry has been providing training to the States/UTs to ensure smooth transitioning to NMMS app as and when requested by the States/UTs. The technical issues being faced are taken up with NIC, Rural Development on real time basis. The new provisions/ suggestions requested by the States/UTs are being incorporated. All the issues concerning the NMMS application are reviewed and resolved from time to time.
Some important decisions taken as per request of State Governments are given below:
- NMMS application has been modified to capture second photograph just after the 4 hours from the uploading of attendance and first photograph. It eases out the specific time point requirement for capturing the attendance and photographs. The morning attendance along with the first photograph can be captured in offline mode and uploaded once device comes in network.
- In case of exceptional circumstances due to which attendance could not be uploaded, the District Programme Coordinator  has been authorised to upload the manual attendance.
The NMMS mobile app is available in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Government takes several initiatives to promote and create new markets in renewable energy sector
Government have taken several initiatives to for promotion and creation of new markets in the renewable energy sector. These include :
- Permitting Foreign Direct Investment  up to 100 percent under the automatic route,
- Waiver of Inter State Transmission System  charges for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by 30th June 2025,
- Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation  up to the year 2029-30,
- Setting up of Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks to provide land and transmission to RE developers on a plug and play basis,
- Schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan , Solar Rooftop Phase II, 12000 MW CPSU Scheme Phase II, etc,
- Laying of new transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power,
- Setting up of Project Development Cell for attracting and facilitating investments,
- Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV and Wind Projects.
- Government has issued orders that power shall be dispatched against Letter of Credit  or advance payment to ensure timely payment by distribution licensees to RE generators.
- Implementation of Production Linked Incentive  scheme for solar PV manufacturers for Rs. 24,000 crores.
- Imposing Basic Customs Duty on cells and modules to encourage domestic manufacturing
- Notified the National Bioenergy Energy Programme with an outlay of Rs 858 Cr under Phase I to promote waste to energy, biomass and biogas programmes
- Promulgated the Green Open Access Rules to enable the commercial and industrial sector to generate/procure energy for their own consumption.
This information was given by Shri R.K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Urban Development
Center approves 3.31 lakh more houses under PMAY
Cumulative number of houses sanctioned now stands at 96.5 lakh
The 49th Meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee  under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana , held here today, approved 606 proposals from participating States for the construction of 3,31,075 houses with an overall investment of Rs 15,125 Cr involving central assistance of Rs 5,092 Cr. This includes six Light Houses Projects  for construction of 6368 houses to be built across 6 States namely Gujarat , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Tamil Nadu , Tripura  and Uttar Pradesh .
The number of houses approved by the CSMC are in Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , Madhya Pradesh , Gujarat , Maharashtra  & Uttarakhnad . The State of Andhra Pradesh has proposed the largest number of new houses and is now the leading State with the highest ever cumulative sanctions for 16,34,748 houses followed by Uttar Pradesh with 14,53,989 houses under the PMAY Mission.
The proposal received are under Beneficiary Led Construction or Enhancement  and Affordable Housing Project  verticals of the scheme. The houses proposed under Light Houses Projects  will be constructed by using new and innovative technologies and will serve as live laboratories for research, testing, technology transfer, increasing mass awareness and for mainstreaming them in the country.
As on date, PMAY Mission has sanctioned more than 96.50 Lakh houses under PMAY against the validated demand of 1.12 crore houses. A total of 56 Lakh houses are grounded for construction of which 28.4 Lakh have been completed.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Nominations for Padma Awards-2021 open till 15th September, 2020
Online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2021 have started from 1st May, 2020. The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is 15th September, 2020. The nominations/recommendations for Padma Awards will be received online only on the Padma Awards portal https://padmaawards.gov.in . Already 8035 registrations have been made on the portal against which 6361 nominations/recommendations have been completed.
The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country. Instituted in 1954, these Awards are announced on the occasion of the Republic Day every year. The award seeks to recognize ‘work of distinction’ and is given for distinguished and exceptional achievements/service in all fields/disciplines, such as, Art, Literature and Education, Sports, Medicine, Social Work, Science and Engineering, Public Affairs, Civil Service, Trade and Industry etc. All persons without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these Awards. Government servants including those working with PSUs, except Doctors and Scientists, are not eligible for Padma Awards.
The Government is committed to transform Padma Awards into “People’s Padma”. All citizens are therefore requested to make nominations/recommendations including self-nomination.
The nominations/recommendations should contain all relevant details specified in the format available on the above said Padma Portal, including a citation in narrative form , clearly bringing out the distinguished and exceptional achievements/service of the person recommended in her/his respective field/discipline.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has requested all Central Ministries/Departments, States/UT Governments, Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan awardees, Institutes of Excellence that concerted efforts may be made to identify talented persons whose excellence and achievements really deserve to be recognized from amongst women, weaker sections of the society, SCs & STs, divyang persons and persons who are doing selfless service to the society.
Further details in this regard are available under the heading 'Awards and Medals' on the website of Ministry of Home Affairs . The statutes and rules relating to these awards are available on the website with the link https://padmaawards.gov.in/AboutAwards.aspx .
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Shri Piyush Goyal chairs review meeting on exports with Export Promotion Councils and Industry bodies
• Commerce Minister exhorts Export Promotion Councils to strive to maintain the momentum of export growth
• Asks Indian industry to support each other to create synergies and promote growth in a spirit of nationalism
• Urges exporters to strive to retain global markets during challenging times
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal today reviewed the sectoral progress in exports with Export Promotion Council's and Industry Bodies in New Delhi today.
Minister of State for Textiles, Ms. Darshana Jardosh, Secretary, Department of Commerce, Shri Sunil Bartwal, Secretary Textiles, Ms. Rachna Shah, Representatives of the Export Promotion Councils, Industry Associations and senior officials from Department of Commerce, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  and other departments were present at the review meeting.
The Minister exhorted the export promotion bodies to give an active push to exports and maintain the momentum of healthy growth recorded in the previous year.
Shri Goyal asked the various sectoral leaders to utilize the disruptions in the global trade in their favor by occupying the space yielded by some countries. He asked Indian industry to support each other to create synergies and promote growth in a spirit of nationalism.
He told industry to strive to retain export markets even if they are to make temporary changes in their pricing structure to accommodate short term challenges.He encouraged exporters to explore unique products with good export potential such as castor and instructed officials of the Ministry to act proactively to promote these products.
The Commerce Minister also asked officials to analyze export data on the basis of sectors, commodities and markets to find out areas of opportunity for Indian exports. The Minister called for open channels of communication between export promotion bodies and industry bodies with the government so that issues being faced may be flagged and resolved at the earliest.
Commerce Secretary, Shri Sunil Bartwal gave the opening remarks at the review meeting and elaborated upon the various steps taken by the Ministry to push exports. Director General of Foreign Trade, Shri Santosh Sarangi made a presentation on latest export trends and prospects.
Ministry of Coal
Coal Ministry Auctions Two More Mines on Third Day of Commercial Auction
Combined Geological Reserve comes to 125 Million Ton
Ministry of Coal had launched the auctions of coal mines for commercial mining under 6th round and second attempt of 5th round on November 03, 2022. Forward auctions for these mines have been started on 27.02.2023 and on the 3rd day of the e-auction, two coal mines were put up for auction of which one mine was CMSP coal mine and the other one was MMDR coal mine. Further details of the coal mines are as under: -
- 1 coal mine is fully explored and one coal mine is partially explored coal mine;
- The total geological reserves for these two coal mines are ~ 125 Million Tonnes.
- Cumulative PRC for these coal mines is 0.2 MTPA  Coal Mine)
The results for Day 3 are as under:
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S. No.
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Name of the Mine
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State
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PRC 
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Geological Reserves 
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Closing Bid Submitted by
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Floor Price 
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Final Offer 
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1
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Arjuni 
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Madhya Pradesh
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NA
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110.17
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Ganga Khanij Private Limited
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4.00%
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25.25%
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2
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Namchik Namphuk
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Arunachal Pradesh
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0.20
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14.97
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Coal Pulz Private Limited
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4.00%
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65.50%
These coal mines upon operationalization will generate Annual Revenue of ~Rs. 173 crores calculated at PRC of these coal mines  coal mine). These mines will attract capital investment of ~Rs. 30 crores and will provide employment to ~270 people.
Ministry of Tourism
Website of R K Laxman museum in Pune launched
R K Laxman museum is a cultural heritage of the country – Ajay Bhatt
Pune, 03 June 2022
Minister of State for Tourism and Defence Shri Ajay Bhatt today inaugurated the official website of R K Laxman museum in Pune. Speaking on the occasion he said this museum will pave the way to preserve the R K Laxman’s cartoons for the young generations. These are our cultural heritage; it should be promoted for tourism.
He said, R K. Laxman’s cartoons were a daily routine for many readers. His humor was very effective but he had not targeted anybody to tarnish the image. He was not a friend not foe to anyone.His comments were to the point and relevant and it gives the same pleasure even today.
This museum cum art gallery is a project of Pune Municipal Corporation and dedicated to famous cartoonist R K Laxman and his brother R K Narayan . This was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2022. The museum consist of two galleries depicting the works of R K Laxman an R K Narayan.
Ms Usha Laxman , Director RKPR Management and other dignitaries were present on the occasion .
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
OIL India’s Turnover and PAT increased in Q2 Results
Oil India, under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, in its 526th Board Meeting held on 10th November, 2021 approved the Q2 FY 2021-22 results. Details of Q2 FY 2021-22 and Half Yearly results are as follows:
Highlights:
- The Group Turnover and PAT of Oil India Limited for the Half year ended
30th September 2021 have increased to ₹13,456 crore and ₹2,668.93 Crore, respectively as compared to corresponding period last year.
- The Company’s Profit After Tax  in Q2 2021-22 is ₹504.46 crore vis-à-vis ₹238.95 crore in Q2 2020-21. For the half year ended on 30th September 2021 PAT is ₹1,012.40 crore vis-à-vis loss of ₹9.66 crore for the half year ended
30th September 2020.
- The Company’s EBITDA in Q2 2021-22 is ₹1280.99 crore vis-à-vis ₹848.48 crore in Q2 2020-21 and EBITDA for the half year ended on 30th September’2021 is ₹2577.91 crore vis-à-vis ₹1176.24 crore for the half year ended 30th September 2020.
- EPS has increased to ₹4.65 per share in Q2 2021-22 as compared to ₹2.20 in Q2 2020-21. For the half year ended on 30th September 2021 EPS is ₹9.34 per share vis-à-vis negative EPS of ₹0.09 per share for the half year ended 30th September 2020.
- Board of OIL has recommended an interim dividend of ₹ 3.50 per share for 2021-22.
- Average Crude Oil price realization for Q2 2021 – 22 is US$ 71.35 / bbl vis-à-vis
US$ 42.75 / bbl for Q2 of 2020-21, increased by 66.90%. Crude Oil price realization for the half year ended 30th September 2021 is US$ 69.28 / bbl vis-à-vis US$ 36.48 / bbl for the half year ended 30th September, 2020, increased by 89.91%.
- The Crude Oil and Natural Gas production in Q2 2021–22 have improved by 1.78% and 26.38%, respectively as compared to Q2 2020-21.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
World is looking up to India as a land of opportunities - Union Minister Piyush Goyal
Minister delivers Convocation Address at Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune
Urges students to innovate to find solutions to India's problems
Pune / Mumbai, 16 May 2022
Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Textiles, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal has urged the youth to innovate by finding solutions to India's problems and leave behind a lasting legacy.
Delivering the Convocation Speech at the Bharati Vidyapeeth in Pune today, Shri Goyal said the world is looking up to India as a land of opportunities as well as for leadership India is providing in different fields from skilled labour to education and health. "In every respect each one of us is fortunate to be living here and now that we can make a difference to the world," he added
During his Convocation Address the Minister encouraged the students to explore new opportunities and experiment with new ideas. “Think out of the box! Today the doors are open to new ideas, to entrepreneurship,” he said to the students.
The Minister also shared his experience of an interaction with a group of youngsters whose idea was to control accidents caused because of high-beam headlights in vehicles. He mentioned that the idea might sound simple but the solution it provides can prevent accidents or even save lives.
Shri Goyal also shared several examples of startups finding solutions to simple challenges and in the process becoming successful as Unicorns "a simple idea or solution can become seed for a Start-up" he added
The Minister also spoke how New Education Policy is set on these lines that it kindles students to think differently. “New Education Policy provides each one the encouragement to experiment and to look at new ideas,” he said.
Shri Goyal paid homage to Dr. Patangrao Kadam, the founder of Bharati Vidyapeeth. He fondly recalled the vibrant nature of Dr. Kadam and his desire to experiment with new ideas.
“I urge you all to take part in the future of the nation. I urge you to make the hard choices not easy ones. Leave behind a lasting legacy like Dr. Kadam,” he said to the students.
The Minister also lauded the contribution of the institution during the COVID-19 Pandemic. “I compliment you for the recognition received from Indian Army and Health Ministry for the work done by your doctors and institutions and also for the support in developing the first DNA vaccine in India.”
Watch the Minister’s Convocation address here
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 97.23 Cr
Recovery Rate currently at 98.08%; Highest since March 2020
15,981 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload  is 0.59% of Total Cases
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 113 days
With the administration of 8,36,118 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 97.23Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 96,05,482sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,75,703
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2nd Dose
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90,68,232
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,61,275
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2nd Dose
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1,54,90,253
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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39,14,51,891
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2nd Dose
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10,85,40,506
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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16,73,04,569
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2nd Dose
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8,53,97,182
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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10,55,20,693
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2nd Dose
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6,08,66,741
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Total
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97,23,77,045
The recovery of 17,861patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,33,99,961.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.08%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 111 consecutive days now.
15,981 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. New cases reported to be less than 20,000 for past 8 days now.
The Active Caseload is presently 2,01,632, which is the lowest in 218 days. Active cases presently constitute 0.59% of the country's total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
9,23,003tests being conducted. India has so far conducted nearly59 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.44% remains less than 3% for the last 113 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be1.73%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below3% for last 47 days and below 5% for 130 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in Chandigarh
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on 13.12.2020 in the case of a Chandigarh based listed pharmaceutical company and its associated concerns. A total of 11 premises were covered spanning Chandigarh, Delhi and Mumbai.
The primary allegation against the group was that the assessee company had purchased 117 acres of Benami land in Indore, in the name of a conduit company. During the search, ample evidence has been found and seized which clearly establishes that the Benamicompany is a conduit of the pharmaceutical company with no real business activity. All the dummy directors and shareholders of the Benamicompany have also admitted in their respective statements that the company was a shell company with no real business activity and the land in Indore had been bought from the funds of the listed company for the benefit of the Managing Director.
The company was in the process of selling off this Benami land. Hot pursuit enquiries were conducted and an “agreement to sell” of the Benami land containing cash receipt of Rs. 6 crore was also found from the possession of the prospective buyers. The buyers have admitted in their statements that the deal was negotiated by the Managing Director and the agreement for the sale of the Benami land was signed in the office of the Managing Director. The buyers have also admitted that they had given unaccounted cash amounting to Rs. 6 crore on various dates through one hawala operator. The hawala operator in his statement, has also given a detailed modus operandi of cash transfer along with the exact dates and amounts of handing over of the cash by him in the office of the listed company.
Investigations have also proved that the Managing Director has claimed wrongful interest expense of Rs. 2.33 crore under Section 23 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 by showing his self-occupied property as a rented property to his sons.
Cash amounting to Rs. 4.29 crore and jewellery amounting to Rs. 2.21 crore have been seized so far. 3 lockers have been put under restraint.
Further investigations regarding the holding of Benami shares worth Rs. 140 crore by the HUF of the Managing Director and bogus purchases of substantial amounts are in progress.
Prime Minister's Office
PM speaks to Railways Minister and takes stock of the situation in the wake of the train accident in West Bengal
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has spoken to Railways Minister, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw and taken stock of the situation in the wake of the train accident in West Bengal.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Spoke to Railways Minister Shri @AshwiniVaishnaw and took stock of the situation in the wake of the train accident in West Bengal. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover quickly."